- #1
As Shen Zhuo personally stated later on in the novel, the HRG project's aim was to invent a syringe that bestows supernatural abilities to commoners with as few side effects as possible—— However, due to an event (a deadly explosion to be exact) that occurred during an expedition three years ago involving the death of an S rank, and the comatose of an A rank, the project was forced to come to a halt as Shen Zhuo was chased out of the institute. The culprit of this deadly explosion's identity was left unsolved and the accountability was shoved onto Shen Zhuo because he was the only one who came out unscathed despite not being an evolutionist himself.
It should be said that the death of an S rank is a big deal, and this caused a huge uprising among the evolutionists. They directed all their anger at Shen Zhuo and their anger intensified as Shen Zhuo gave the court a vague outline of the event and insisted that Fu Chen, (the S rank that died in the explosion) was the one who incited the explosion.....
[collapse]However, against all the evolutionists wishes, Shen Zhuo was appointed to become one of the top ten supervisors worldwide by the International Head Supervisory Department for reasons unknown.*･゜ﾟ･*:｡.:*･･*.*･゜ﾟ･**･゜ﾟ･Now that you get a gist of what the novel is about, let's move onto the main story line——SpoilerWe don't know a lot about our gong Bai Sheng's past so far except for the fact that he is a rich twenty-seven year old second generation S rank evolutionist whose parents passed away when he was at the age of eight. In addition, we also get to know that he is a boxer and a philosophy doctorate from a top academic institution abroad~
His first encounter with Shen Zhuo was during a trip back to the mainland, and all the passengers of the flight he was on happened to be held hostage by an A rank whom Shen Zhuo was trying to capture. Later on, their encounters became more frequent, and Bai Sheng will eventually get involved in Shen Zhuo's affairs as the storyline progresses.
At the moment, we still don't know what motive Bai Sheng has in approaching Shen Zhuo, but he did personally state that his only intention was to "develop a relationship outside of being friends" with Shen Zhuo when being questioned... In addition, Bai Sheng's persistence as well as how he shows up whenever his wifey is in crisis despite getting pushed away and receiving cold shoulders from him every time is truly worth admiring—— Oh and did I forgot to mention that Shen Zhuo literally have three near death encounters (excluding the ones from flashbacks) and has already been hospitalized twice near the end of the first arc =u=
—— Anyways, I gotta say that his shenanigans are top notch, I just can't get enough of him~
[collapse]The first arc of the novel kinda poses as an introduction, but there are still a lotta stuff left unsolved at this point in the storyline, like the truth behind Fu Chen's death, and the origin of "Mister Rong" whom I presumed to be the final boss. *･゜ﾟ･*:｡.:*･･*.*･゜ﾟ･**･゜ﾟ･Next up, a little bit of info regarding the second arc——SpoilerUpdated:
Mister Rong and his underlings strike back with another plot, but this time involving a sixteen year old girl and the comatose A rank, Sue Jiqiao from the explosion three years ago.
Cases of "gnawers" started surfacing around Shenhai City, starting with a forty-something-year-old man who mysteriously went out of control and started gnawing on his own flesh in the subway station.
The sixteenth year old girl who was foreshadowed earlier made her re-appearance when the second case occurred and Shen Zhuo happens to be nearby the scene.
After our leads got some clue from investigating the homes of the "victims", they were then informed that not only had Rong Qi (Mister Rong) invaded Sue Jiqiao's hospital chamber with the aforementioned girl a few days prior but also "borrowed" his supernatural ability, Daydream.
Later on, our leads tracked down the girl and Mister Rong manipulated Daydream from afar, sending Bai Sheng into a dreamscape... (The dreamscape essentially let's its victims relive their most miserable experience, and will lead to coma if not broken in time)
After some twists & turns, Shen Zhuo acquired a way to safely break Bai Sheng free from the dreamscape by going into the dreamscape himself and taking the burden off of Bai Sheng. However, instead of being willingly sent back, Bai Sheng entered the second dreamscape with Shen Zhuo and became an invisible spectator.
Inside the second dreamscape, Shen Zhuo relived the events that led to the explosion three years prior, and Bai Sheng put an end to the dreamscape with his ultimate skill/fatal strike, the law of cause and effect.
[collapse]Looking back at my paragraph of words, I lowkey feel like this is more of a summary of the novel (so far) rather than my own review & opinions lol =3=If you are familiar with Huai Shang's writing style, you'd know that you are in for a lotta knives whenever the shou has flashbacks or dreams and this one is no exception :'DThe theme of this novel is quite refreshing in my opinion, as it not only features thrilling action-packed scenes interspersed with supernatural powers, but also touches upon topics such as the destructive nature of war and the preciousness of peace.I couldn't really make any personal assumptions at the moment, but I do believe there's definitely more to the HRG project than what Shen Zhuo has revealed given that the words of Huai Shang's shous are known to be not trustworthy so what can I say 🥸To sum up, I have high hopes for this novel even before its serialization and Huai Shang did not disappoint 💖